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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Keeping You in Suspens(ion)

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the different strengths of two types of bridges, beam and suspension, by building your own. This Science Buddies science project gives you the means to find out. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cooking With the Sun Creating a Solar Oven

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
For this activity, students will be given a set of materials: cardboard, a set of insulating materials (i.e. foam, newspaper, etc.), aluminum foil, and Plexiglas. Students will then become engineers in building a solar oven from the...
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The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: K Ps2 1: Pushes, Pulls, and Motion

For Teachers K - 1st
Teaching students about pushes, pulls, and motion? Use this site to plan lessons for students to conduct investigations to compare the effects on the motion of an object when pushes or pulls come from different directions or strengths.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Chemical Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity developed for Teachers' Domain demonstrates how attractive forces between atoms create chemical bonds, resulting in the formation of molecules and compounds.
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Other

Childline: Asking an Adult for Help

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Here is some advice to help children feel comfortable asking an adult for help.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Designing a Dossier: An Instruction Book for Your Child

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Many of the adults in your child's life are unfamiliar with learning disorders in general, or your child's unique pattern of strengths and limitations. Developing a one- to three-page dossier that provides useful information about your...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Image Compression

For Students 6th - 8th
Compare the strengths and weaknesses of different digital image formats. How does the amount of compression affect a JPEG image? What happens when you save a JPEG image multiple times?
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Using Databases

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief tutorial gives a clear view of the strengths of databases, as well as how to search them effectively. It includes a summary quiz and a page of printable notes for future reference.
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Mind Tools

Mind Tools: How Productive Are You?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to work smarter, not harder, by taking this productivity quiz. The assessment personalizes the outcome of your answers and will help you understand your strengths and weaknesses when it comes to organization, attitude,...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Bivariate Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set contains statistics questions regarding bivariate data: scatter plots, the least-squares regression line, and their interpretation. The student is asked about the meaning of the various strengths and directions of linear...
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Maine Historical Society

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: An American Studies Approach for Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The details of Longfellow's life, and the influence of his "Paul Revere's Ride" are explored in this activity. Extensive materials, links and background information are strengths of this site.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Letter of Introduction Writing as a Diagnostic Tool

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At the beginning of the school year, students respond to a teacher-generated questionnaire in personal letter format. As a diagnostic tool, letter writing can reveal strengths and weaknesses in composition skills, organization, sentence...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Self Acceptance

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Lesson focuses on students recognizing strengths in themselves and others as well as learning to write in verse.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Kids Health: Grades 3 to 5: Feeling Sad

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
These social-emotional learning lessons will help students learn how to deal with sadness
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Other

Metro Active Books: Gerald and Janice Haslam

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, part of MetroActive, an online California magazine, offers a review of Gerald and Janice Haslam's novel for young adults called "Manuel and the Madman." The review offers some interesting insight into the novel's strengths and...
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Bronson Howard. Xviii. The Drama, 1860 1918.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site tells of Bronson Howard and the effect that he had on the theatre. It lists off his more famous plays in accordance with their dates. It is a good sized paragraph with his strengths listed with each play.